Washington County Free Persons of Color
and 1790 Slave Data

Data extracted by Jan Slater

Jan Slater writes "I have extracted the Free Persons of Color and Slaveholder names from the 1790 Census for Washington County PA. You will find it below this message. If it has been done before, I cannot find it online.

"I hope this is of some use. I have posted this at my website but feel free to use it in whole or any part of it as you wish. 
I did find two interesting names of free persons of color that could be related to my families:  Edwd Huggins and William Willson.

"More free persons of color and ninety-four slaves are listed by slaveholder name in that portion of the 1790 census of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania taken from Washington County in 1788 - I hope to extract that information soon.

"I offer no guarantee of accuracy but I but I believe this list is complete. I have checked it twice but others might have a different interpretation of the spellings."

Jan Slater
Vashon Island, WA
 

Free Persons of Color and slave owners and numbers of slaves extracted from the 1790 Census for Washington County Pennsylvania

FPOC in Armstrong Township

The following heads of household are listed as Free and have no other persons living in the household:
Alex Thompson
Samuel Aberthnot
Wm Brittle
John Crawford
James Huston
James Michel
William Willson
James Gemble

FPOC in other Townships - Township names not stated in the census

The following heads have Free Persons living in their household:
1 FPOC in household of Samuel Clark
2 FPOC in the household of Hugh Wilson
1 FPOC in the household of James Flannagen
2 FPOC in household of Benjamin Mills
1 FPOC in household of Hugh Wylie
1 FPOC in household of Alexander Cunningham
2 FPOC in household of Joseph Scott AND 2 Slaves
1 FPOC in the household of Samuel Smith

FPOC in other Townships - Township names not stated in the census

The following heads of household are listed as Free and have no other persons living in the household:
Edwd Huggins

Slaves in Armstrong Township

Surname, Given Name # of Slaves:
McDowel, Alexr 1
Campbell, Charles 3
McCartney, Samuel 1

Slaves in other Townships - Township name not stated in census

[As extracted and submitted]

Surname, Given Name   # of Slaves:

McGuire, Thos 4
Smith, Rev. Jos. 1
Earl, Edw'd 1
Gillespie, James 3
Wells, Joseph 1
Hill, Robert 1
Boggs, And'w 1
Rork, James 1
Innis, James 6
Fry, Abraham 5
Yesserounds, Peter 1
Colvin, Vincent 1
Fry,Abner, Jr 1
Cooper, Frederick 10
Speers, Henry 3
Ellis, James Senr 1
Ryerson, Thos Esqr 1
Byers, Thos 1
Wallace, Herbert 11
Conrad, Henry 1
Flemming, Jno 1
Hopkins, Jno 5
Hopkins, Jno Jr 2
McComb, Daniel 4
Knox, Geo 1 68
Brenton, Joseph 1
Flinn, Geo 1
Riggs, Ed 1
Nicholes, Thos 1
Johnston, Abm Sr. 2
Johnston, Nicholas 4
Jackman, Robert 5
Gillespie, Neal 6
Wilson, Joseph 1
Bently, Shevbevar 6
Laughlin, Mathew 2
Wallace, Widow 6
Wallace, Nath'l 1
Wallace, William 5
Dehaven, Abm 1
Coutter, Rich'd 1
Agnew, Samuel 1
white, Jno 1
Wherry, Joseph 1
Foreman, James Sen 1
Allison, James 1
Henderson, Rev's Matt'w 1
Boryard, Jesse 1
Ronnalds, James 1
Mettle, Joseph 2
Dorsey, Joseph 6
Bell, Zephaniah 5
Hargrove, William 1
Rose, Jno 2
Pricker, Peter 1
Minor, John Esqr 2
Minor, William 3
Bean, Nathan 1
Rankin, Henry 1
Cherry, Mary 4
Cherry, Thos 2
Rankin, Thos 1
Rankin, William 2
McVay, Edward 2
Evans, Daniel 1
Pollock, Jno 1
Savery, Jno 4
Swearingen, Samuel 2
White, Thos 1
Swearingen, Danl 1
McDonald, John 2
Huston, William 2
Glascow, Samuel 3
Stephenson, James 1
Heaton, John 1
Heaton, Isaac 1
Heaton, Henry 1
Ross, Jno 4
Dickeson, Assey 3
Wells, Richard 2
Campbell, William 2
Wells, Alex'r 4
Wells, Henry 1
Allison, Patrick 2
Tennel, John 1
Stewart, Jno 1
Seaton, Elizabeth 5
Swan, John 6
Hughes, James 2
Hughes, Thomas 3
Roach, Thos 1
Seaton, James 1
Cline, Jacob 1
Crawford, William 1
Carmichael, James 3
Long, Jacob Sen 1
Swearingen, Jno 4
Blackmore, Eberilla 3
Allison, Chas 1
Boyer, Jas 1
Thomson, Hugh 2
Teters, Elisha 1
Bradford, Elizabeth 2
McFarlane, Andw 2
Morrison, Henry 2
Murdock, Jno 1
Clark, Jno 1
Parkinson, Benjamin 1
Parkinson, Joseph 2
Baldwin, John 2
Ross, James Esq 1
Kerr, James 1
Blackmore, Sarah 1
Scott, Joseph 2 + 2 Free Persons of Color
Reddick, David Esq 1
Haynes, Josiah 1
Hughes, James 1
Hoge, Jno Esqr 1
Bradford, David Esqr 2
Swearingen, Andw 4
Marshal, James Esqr 1
Dodd, John 1
Morris, Robert 1
 

[Same data, alphabetized]

Surname, Given Name   # of Slaves:

Agnew, Samuel 1
Allison, Chas 1
Allison, James 1
Allison, Patrick 2
Baldwin, John 2
Bean, Nathan 1
Bell, Zephaniah 5
Bently, Shevbevar 6
Blackmore, Eberilla 3
Blackmore, Sarah 1
Boggs, And'w 1
Boryard, Jesse 1
Boyer, Jas 1
Bradford, David Esqr 2
Bradford, Elizabeth 2
Brenton, Joseph 1
Byers, Thos 1
Campbell, William 2
Carmichael, James 3
Cherry, Mary 4
Cherry, Thos 2
Clark, Jno 1
Cline, Jacob 1
Colvin, Vincent 1
Conrad, Henry 1
Cooper, Frederick 10
Coutter, Rich'd 1
Crawford, William 1
Dehaven, Abm 1
Dickeson, Assey 3
Dodd, John 1
Dorsey, Joseph 6
Earl, Edw'd 1
Ellis, James Senr 1
Evans, Daniel 1
Flemming, Jno 1
Flinn, Geo 1
Foreman, James Sen 1
Fry, Abraham 5
Fry,Abner, Jr 1
Gillespie, James 3
Gillespie, Neal 6
Glascow, Samuel 3
Hargrove, William 1
Haynes, Josiah 1
Heaton, Henry 1
Heaton, Isaac 1
Heaton, John 1
Henderson, Rev's Matt'w 1
Hill, Robert 1
Hoge, Jno Esqr 1
Hopkins, Jno 5
Hopkins, Jno Jr 2
Hughes, James 1
Hughes, James 2
Hughes, Thomas 3
Huston, William 2
Innis, James 6
Jackman, Robert 5
Johnston, Abm Sr. 2
Johnston, Nicholas 4
Kerr, James 1
Knox, Geo 1 68
Laughlin, Mathew 2
Long, Jacob Sen 1
Marshal, James Esqr 1
McComb, Daniel 4
McDonald, John 2
McFarlane, Andw 2
McGuire, Thos 4
McVay, Edward 2
Mettle, Joseph 2
Minor, John Esqr 2
Minor, William 3
Morris, Robert 1
Morrison, Henry 2
Murdock, Jno 1
Nicholes, Thos 1
Parkinson, Benjamin 1
Parkinson, Joseph 2
Pollock, Jno 1
Pricker, Peter 1
Rankin, Henry 1
Rankin, Thos 1
Rankin, William 2
Reddick, David Esq 1
Riggs, Ed 1
Roach, Thos 1
Ronnalds, James 1
Rork, James 1
Rose, Jno 2
Ross, James Esq 1
Ross, Jno 4
Ryerson, Thos Esqr 1
Savery, Jno 4
Scott, Joseph 2 + 2 Free Persons of Color
Seaton, Elizabeth 5
Seaton, James 1
Smith, Rev. Jos. 1
Speers, Henry 3
Stephenson, James 1
Stewart, Jno 1
Swan, John 6
Swearingen, Andw 4
Swearingen, Danl 1
Swearingen, Jno 4
Swearingen, Samuel 2
Tennel, John 1
Teters, Elisha 1
Thomson, Hugh 2
Wallace, Herbert 11
Wallace, Nath'l 1
Wallace, Widow 6
Wallace, William 5
Wells, Alex'r 4
Wells, Henry 1
Wells, Joseph 1
Wells, Richard 2
Wherry, Joseph 1
White, Jno 1
White, Thos 1
Wilson, Joseph 1
Yesserounds, Peter 1